Printing Services Broker Business Plan

We want to finance growth through increasing sales and enlarging our customer base.

Initial funding for the marketing effort will be crucial to long-term success.

The most important factor in our case is our low overhead and high margin.

We will attempt to maintain our pre-paid and COD business to further strengthen our cash position in the long run.

7.1 Important Assumptions

The financial plan depends on important assumptions, most of which are shown in the following table. The key underlying assumptions are:

We assume an immediate increase in sales.

We assume there are no dramatic changes in business printing needs.

We assume a constant growth in our long-term customer base.

We assume continued influx of new customers with our aggressive marketing and sales strategies.

We assume that the printing industry will continue to show a resilience against global economic factors as a non-discretionary commodity.

7.2 Break-even Analysis

The break-even analysis shows what Copriso requires in sales per month to break even. Our sales forecast is in line with this projection and exceeds it rapidly. Furthermore, we anticipate an ability to regularly acquire 2 to 3 new customers per month.

7.3 Projected Profit and Loss

We expect to ramp up the sales conservatively in order to achieve our desired long-term profit estimates.

7.4 Projected Cash Flow

With the current projections, lack of overhead, and expected margins, we project no additional need for future investment or borrowing. Cash flow and cash balance should both increase steadily through the lifecycle of the business eliminating the need for further or ongoing funding.

7.5 Projected Balance Sheet

The following table shows our projected Balance Sheet.

7.6 Business Ratios

Business ratios for the years of this plan are shown below. Industry profile ratios based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 7389.1706, Printing Brokers, are shown for comparison.